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Table 1 One year prevalence of different headache types (n = 297). Some participants may have more than one headache diagnosis

From: A face-to-face interview of participants in HUNT 3: the impact of the screening question on headache prevalence

 

Women

Men

Overall

(n = 145)

(n = 152)

(n = 297)

Idiopathic stabbing headache (%) (95% CI)

44.8 (36.6 to 53.0)

25.7 (18.6 to 32.7)

35.0 (29.6 to 40.5)

Headache, all types (%) (95% CI)

83.5 (77.3 to 89.6)

65.1 (57.5 to 72.8)

74.1 (69.1 to 79.1)

Headache sufferer (%) (95% CI)

37.9 (30.0 to 45.9)

24.3 (17.4 to 31.2)

31.0 (25.7 to 36.3)

Migraine (%) (95% CI) (probable migraine excluded)

22.1 (15.2 to 28.9)

12.5 (7.2 to 17.8)

17.2 (12.9 to 21.5)

 Migraine with aura (%) (95% CI)

4.8 (1.3 to 8.4)

2.0 (0.0 to 4.2)

3.4 (1.3 to 5.4)

 Migraine without aura (%) (95% CI)

14.5 (8.7 to 20.3)

9.9 (5.1 to 14.7)

14.5 (10.5 to 18.5)

 Migraine with or without aura (%) (95% CI)

2.8 (0.1 to 5.5)

1.3 (0.0 to 3.2)

2.0 (0.4 to 3.6)

 Migraine with coexisting tension-type headache

11.0 (5.9 to 16.2)

3.3 (0.4 to 6.2)

7.1 (4.1 to 10.0)

 Probable migraine without aura (%) (95% CI)

2.8 (0.1 to 5.5)

2.0 (0.0 to 4.2)

2.4 (0.6 to 4.1)

Tension-type headache (%) (95% CI) (probable excluded)

63.5 (55.5 to 71.4)

40.8 (32.9 to 48.7)

51.9 (46.1 to 57.6)

Probable tension-type headache (%) (95% CI)

1.4 (0.0 to 3.3)

4.0 (0.8 to 7.1)

2.7 (0.8 to 4.6)

 Episodic tension-type headache (%) (95% CI)

57.9 (49.8 to 66.1)

38.2 (30.4 to 46.0)

47.8 (42.1 to 53.5)

  Infrequent episodic TTH (%) (95% CI)

23.5 (16.5 to 30.4

21.1 (14.5 to 27.6)

22.2 (17.5 to 27.0)

  Frequent TTH (%) (95% CI)

34.5 (26.7 to 42.3)

17.1 (11.1 to 23.2)

25.6 (20.6 to 30.6)

 Chronic tension-type headache (%) (95% CI)

4.8 (1.3 to 8.4)

2.6 (0.1 to 5.2)

3.7 (1.5 to 5.9)

Medication-overuse headache (%) (95% CI)

1.4 (0.0 to 3.3)

2.6 (0.1 to 5.2)

2.0 (0.4 to 3.6)

 Pure alcohol-induced headache (%) (95% CI)

0.7 (0.0 to 2.1)

4.0 (0.8 to 7.1)

2.4 (0.6 to 4.1)

 Other headachesa (%) (95% CI)

4.1 (0.9 to 7.4)

2.6 (0.1 to 5.2)

3.4 (1.3 to 5.4)

  1. a Other headaches (n = 10) included cervicogenic headache (1 case), caffeine-withdrawal headache (1 case), persistent idiopathic facial pain (1 case), primary exertional headache (1 case), headache attributed to rhinosinusitis (2 cases) or systemic viral infection (4 cases). One additional case had previously had the diagnosis of cluster headache, but no cluster periods had occurred during the last 4 years
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The Journal of Headache and Pain

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